‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎284] (349/470)

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The Voyages oilohn Strujs.
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of Scam achy for their Conveniency , bad promifed a confiderable
Sum of Money to fom Ingenieurstotomakeftreight, yet by reafoa
of many intervening Hills, and thofe moftly of a hard rock could
not be eifected. At night we got the Village Schcchmurat , where my
Patron fent me out to fetch fom Spring-Water : but being about half
an [_Englifh] mile without the Town was aflail'd by 3 Robbers , who
fuddenly came running out upon me , having their Eies fixed
my Armor > fo that in all probability, that which I had for my De
fence would have been my Death, if fombelongingto the Caravan
and fent upon the fame Errand, had not com in time to afllft me j for
I was almoft out of breath with defending my felf, having my Back
againft the Ruins of an old Wall, which feemed to be the Relicts of
fom Watch-Tower. One of the 3 I had wounded very fore on the
Arm, but the other two breaking in proved too ftrong for me; yet
when they fay the reft com in and clofe up with them, thought it better
to make ufe of their Heels than their Hands.
On the 7 th - we travailed over very hilly and montanous Ground,
encamping that night in a Valley, which was waft, anddeftituteof
Inhabitants.
Qn the S xh - we came to a very fair andcommodious
built at the Charges of the Indian Traders, for the conveniency of
their Caravans : Here we intended to remain over night, but begin
ning to take our Reft, were alarm'd upon a fudden affault of a great
Troop of Robbers , who fell upon the on every fide, and
plundered all they came at, that was of any value and portable; and
altho we had timely notice to defend our felvs, yet they had got a con
fiderable Booty, and made their efcape without thelofsofanyPer-
fon or the left damage. Wetherelorefearingthattheincouragement
and fuecefs they had met with might embolden them to make up a
ftronger Troop , and confequently our tarrying there might be
very unfafe, it was unanimoufly concluded that we fhould break up,
and being fair Weather, purfueourjourney by travailing the night,
as we did, and about 12a clock came to , which is a beautiful
Town, but not fortified, where it was thought fit that we Ihould
ft ay till the next morning: Tz>mle is a Paradife in regard oi it's pleaiant
Situation ; round about which is nothing to be feen, but Orchards,
Gardens and Houfes of Recreation. Here we fupplied our felvs
with.